Comment · Thu, December 18, 2014 · Ceretropic
Noohack.com example of hyperbolic exaggerating language.
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theskepticalidealist · 60 points
Sorry to call you out Noohack, but it pisses me off to see companies do this. You're new and you should not go down this road. You're not the only company that exaggerates the effects of nootropics, but this is one of the worst examples I've seen in a while, barring a few notable exceptions.
Oxiracetam does not give you a photographic memory, no "nootropic" does, at least not yet. (And no, saying "near" doesn't help). This is such an exaggeration it might as well be a lie. The old Nootropics.co.uk used to sell similar products (pressed pills of pure powder), but from what I saw they only repeated what the scientific literature said and gave you links to all those studies if you wanted to see them. There's many ways to make a substance sound more effective than it is in a much more honest way.
I expect most people that come to the site anyway will be people that already know about the substance and just want a good deal from a trustworthy vendor. If people (are stupid enough) to buy a product without researching it first, they will be disappointed and you'll have to deal with the complaints and you may even put someone off nootropics com…
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silverhydra · 4 points
I wouldn't personally.
That being said if that Bill guy from accounting is super smart and makes it sound all safe and shit and I don't understand science I totally would buy some, maybe so I can be Bill guy smart.
\#averageconsumer
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
I can confirm, Bill buys from us. Haha
However, you cannot prevent that. You can make all the big red warnings you want, and Bill will still ignore them. It's really the people trying to actively market to Bill that need to ease up on the wording. Bill might read the description on Noohack's site, and decide to buy it. That is what should be avoided. If Mary from accounts payable tells Bill that she loves Hydrafinil, and that he should try it, I could put "Don't buy this" as a description, and he would still get it. In the end, Bill is a grown man that makes his own decisions.